Ronde de Mouscron Report
The Alba Development Road Team took a trip over to Belgium for la Ronde de Mouscron.
The fourth edition of the UCI 1.1 Ronde de Mouscron took place in the Wallonia region of Belgium on April 1st. The race was run over five laps of a circuit for a total race distance of 122 kilometres. Alba RDT were there to gain experience against some of the UCI’s World Tour teams. On the start line from the World Tour were; Ceratizit-WNT, Human Powered Health, Uno-X, Fenix-Deceuninck, Lidl-Trek and Roland.
Also taking part were sixteen UCI Continental teams: Arkea-B&B Hotels, Liv AlUla Jayco Continental, VolkerWessels, Coop-Repsol, Cynisca, Komugi-Grand Est, UAE Development, AG Insurance-NXTG U23, GT Krush Rebellease, Proximus-Cyclis CT, St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93, Hess Cycling, Lotto Dstny, ARA | Skip Capital, Alba Development Road Team and Chevalmeire.
The race didn’t start well for Alba’s Abi Plowman, who was involved in a huge crash at kilometre 12. This delayed the race for 50 minutes and unfortunately meant she couldn’t continue. Once the race restarted the pace according to Alba was “relentless”, with cross winds and tough road surfaces.
We spoke to Abi to see how she was, here’s her reply. “I’m fine now, a badly bruised knee, but the pain has eased off a lot and I’m back on the bike. Lucky to come off pretty lightly!“
The race conditions meant the bunch split and Alba’s Eilidh Shaw made the front group. Unfortunately however she was caught behind by another crash and couldn’t regain the front group. Shaw went on to finish 44th, coming in with the second group on the road. Winner of the Ronde de Mouscron was Daria Pikulik of Human Powered Health with a powerful sprint.
We spoke to Eilidh about how the race went for her. “Ronde de Mouscron was the team’s first European race of the season and also my first ever UCI 1.1. It was a super fast start straight from the get go, and exciting to be up there with the World Tour teams. Within the first twenty minutes there were two big crashes which meant our race was neutralised for around an hour. Once we got going again it was back trying to stay near the front and out of trouble. I was happy to make the front split and then got caught behind another big crash, which made for a hard chase to get back on for the final laps. Finished at the front end of the second group. Apart from a bit of bad luck, an overall great experience with lots of learning and positives to take away.“
Alba RDT thoughts on the Ronde de Mouscron
“A very tough UCI debut today, in an incredibly strong field. The first taste of what the world tour is all about.
Everyone rode out of their skin today, but ride of the day went to Eilidh, who made the front split, only to be caught behind yet another crash
Lots of learning today and many positives to take forward.“
Watch the Ronde de Mouscron on Eurosport here.
Results
| 1 | PIKULIK DARIA | HUMAN POWERED HEALTH | 03:51:17 |
| 2 | AHTOSALO ANNIINA | UNO-X MOBILITY | + 00 |
| 3 | FIDANZA MARTINA | CERATIZIT-WNT PRO CYCLING | + 00 |
| 4 | TRUYEN MARTHE | FENIX-DECEUNINCK | + 00 |
| 5 | COLES-LYSTER MAGGIE | ROLAND | + 00 |
| 6 | DE CLERCQ KATRIJN | LOTTO DSTNY LADIES | + 00 |
| 7 | FAHLIN EMILIA | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 00 |
| 8 | JANSEN NOA | LIV ALULA JAYCO WOMEN’S CONTINENTAL TEAM | +04 |
| 9 | BYE CAMILLA RÅNES | TEAM COOP-REPSOL | +04 |
| 10 | VANHOVE MARITH | VOLKERWESSELS WOMEN’S PRO CYCLING TEAM | +04 |
| 11 | VAN ‘T GELOOF MARJOLEIN | HESS CYCLING TEAM | +04 |
| 12 | BEULING FEMKE | VOLKERWESSELS WOMEN’S PRO CYCLING TEAM | +04 |
| 13 | GILLESPIE LARA | UAE DEVELOPMENT TEAM | +04 |
| 14 | SANDER LAURA LIZETTE | AG INSURANCE-NXTG U23 TEAM | +04 |
| 15 | VAN ROOIJEN ELINE | TEAM COOP-REPSOL | +04 |
| 16 | SANGUINETI ILARIA | LIDL-TREK | +04 |
| 17 | SCHOENS QUINTY | VOLKERWESSELS WOMEN’S PRO CYCLING TEAM | +04 |
| 18 | BY ZOETE MYLENE | CERATIZIT-WNT PRO CYCLING | + 11 |
| 19 | DE VRIES FEMKE | GT KRUSH REBELLEASE | + 11 |
| 20 | BRAUßE FRANZISKA | CERATIZIT-WNT PRO CYCLING | + 11 |
| 21 | MRUGAL ALLISON | CYNISCA CYCLING | + 11 |
| 22 | JOORIS FEBE | AG INSURANCE-NXTG U23 TEAM | + 11 |
| 23 | RAGUSA KATIA | HUMAN POWERED HEALTH | + 11 |
| 24 | ZANETTI LINDA | HUMAN POWERED HEALTH | + 11 |
| 25 | ANDERSEN SUSANNE | UNO-X MOBILITY | + 11 |
| 26 | NORBERT RIBEROLLE MARION | FENIX-DECEUNINCK | + 11 |
| 27 | EBRAS ELISABETH | UAE DEVELOPMENT TEAM | + 19 |
| 28 | CAUDERA BEATRICE | UAE DEVELOPMENT TEAM | + 21 |
| 29 | CHRISTIE HENRIETTA | HUMAN POWERED HEALTH | + 23 |
| 30 | WRIGHT SOPHIE | FENIX-DECEUNINCK | + 23 |
| 31 | FITYUS LUCIE | ARA | SKIP CAPITAL | + 25 |
| 32 | DRONOVA TAMARA | ROLAND | + 33 |
| 33 | JASKULSKA MARTA | CERATIZIT-WNT PRO CYCLING | + 33 |
| 34 | DIDERIKSEN AMALIE | UNO-X MOBILITY | + 35 |
| 35 | VAN WERSCH ANNA | LOTTO DSTNY LADIES | + 42 |
| 36 | BACKSTEDT ELYNOR | LIDL-TREK | +45 |
| 37 | MOORS FLOWER | LIDL-TREK | +45 |
| 38 | THE DEUNFF MARIE-MORGANE | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | +45 |
| 39 | FOUQUENET AMANDINE | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 56 |
| 40 | KOERNER REBECCA | UNO-X MOBILITY | +01:20 |
| 41 | JEFFERS EMMA | LIV ALULA JAYCO WOMEN’S CONTINENTAL TEAM | + 01:31 |
| 42 | FIORIN SARA | UAE DEVELOPMENT TEAM | +02:29 |
| 43 | AINTILA WILMA | LOTTO DSTNY LADIES | +03:19 |
| 44 | SHAW EILIDH | ALBA DEVELOPMENT ROAD TEAM | +03:19 |
| 45 | VAN ZUTHEM CECILIA | FENIX-DECEUNINCK | +03:19 |
| 46 | HOLMGREN ISABELLA | LIDL-TREK | +03:19 |
| 47 | GIELKENS ESMEE | LOTTO DSTNY LADIES | +03:19 |
| 48 | COLBORNE HENRIETTA | GT KRUSH REBELLEASE | +03:19 |
| 49 | MOLENAAR LAURA | VOLKERWESSELS WOMEN’S PRO CYCLING TEAM | +03:19 |
| 50 | VAN HELVOIRT LISA | VOLKERWESSELS WOMEN’S PRO CYCLING TEAM | +03:19 |
| 51 | REDAELLI EMMA | UAE DEVELOPMENT TEAM | +03:19 |
| 52 | POMPANON MARGOT | ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 | +03:19 |
| 53 | NGUYEN THI THAT | ROLAND | +03:19 |
| 54 | MILETTE LAURY | TEAM KOMUGI-GRAND EST | +03:19 |
| 55 | LIND MAGDALENE | TEAM COOP-REPSOL | +03:19 |
| 56 | KUNZ HANNAH | UAE DEVELOPMENT TEAM | +03:19 |
| 57 | VAN MECHELEN GLORIA | BALOISE-WB LADIES | +03:19 |
| 58 | LUNDMARK CLARA | HESS CYCLING TEAM | +03:19 |
| 59 | ROUSSEL ELYNE | ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 | +03:19 |
| 60 | COLLINELLI SOFIA | ROLAND | +03:19 |
| 61 | FIDANZA ARIANNA | CERATIZIT-WNT PRO CYCLING | +03:19 |
| 62 | MAGRI SILVIA | TEAM KOMUGI-GRAND EST | +03:19 |
| 63 | VAN SINAEY XAYDEE | FENIX-DECEUNINCK | +03:19 |
| 64 | MAOZ NOFAR | ISRAEL | +03:19 |
| 65 | CENT MARIT | PROXIMUS-CYCLIS CT | +03:19 |
| 66 | RÜETSCHI CHRISTMAS | AG INSURANCE-NXTG U23 TEAM | +03:19 |
| 67 | LINTHOUDT JADE | AG INSURANCE-NXTG U23 TEAM | +03:19 |
| 68 | SHAPIRA OMER | ISRAEL | +03:19 |
| 69 | BRAAM DANIQUE | CHEVALMEIRE | +03:19 |
| 70 | MORICHON ANAÏS | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | +03:19 |
| 71 | VAN HOUT RENEE | GT KRUSH REBELLEASE | +03:19 |
| 72 | LIST GRACE | HESS CYCLING TEAM | +03:19 |
| 73 | MANGAN FIONA | CYNISCA CYCLING | +03:19 |
| 74 | GRÖNDAHL ANTONIA | CHEVALMEIRE | +03:19 |
| 75 | SCOTT SAMANTHA | LOTTO DSTNY LADIES | +03:19 |
| 76 | TEUTENBERG LEA LIN | CERATIZIT-WNT PRO CYCLING | +03:19 |
| 77 | GSCHWENTNER LEILA | LIV ALULA JAYCO WOMEN’S CONTINENTAL TEAM | +03:19 |
| 78 | WALES RACHAEL | ARA | SKIP CAPITAL | +03:19 |
| 79 | BARKER ELINOR | UNO-X MOBILITY | +03:19 |
| 80 | HOLMGREN AVA | LIDL-TREK | +03:19 |
| 81 | WATTS EMILY | CHEVALMEIRE | +03:19 |
| 82 | SAP JULIE | FENIX-DECEUNINCK | +03:19 |
| 83 | FOURNIER ROXANE | ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 | +03:19 |
| 84 | FORTIN EMILIE | CYNISCA CYCLING | +03:19 |
| 85 | LE MOUEL CELIA | ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 | +03:19 |
| 86 | BRANDT EEFJE | DD GROUP-MULTUM ACCOUNTANTS | +03:19 |
| 87 | TREVISI ANNA | LIV ALULA JAYCO WOMEN’S CONTINENTAL TEAM | +03:19 |
| 88 | HESTERS HELENE | LIV ALULA JAYCO WOMEN’S CONTINENTAL TEAM | +03:19 |
| 89 | ALLIN PAULINE | CYNISCA CYCLING | +03:33 |
| 90 | HENDRICKX JULIE | LOTTO DSTNY LADIES | +03:50 |
| 91 | BOELS DINA | LOTTO DSTNY LADIES | +03:50 |
| 92 | POLAND MEIS | VOLKERWESSELS WOMEN’S PRO CYCLING TEAM | +04:46 |
